Understand URL encoding (percent-encoding) and why URLs have %20. Learn about reserved characters, common encoding errors, and how to fix them.
URL Encoding (officially "Percent-encoding") is a mechanism for encoding information in a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).
URLs can only be sent over the Internet using the US-ASCII character set. Since URLs often contain characters outside the ASCII set (like spaces, emojis, or foreign languages), the URL must be converted into a valid ASCII format.
Unsafe characters are replaced with a \
Understand URL encoding (percent-encoding) and why URLs have %20. Learn about reserved characters, common encoding errors, and how to fix them.
URL Encoding (officially "Percent-encoding") is a mechanism for encoding information in a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).
URLs can only be sent over the Internet using the US-ASCII character set. Since URLs often contain characters outside the ASCII set (like spaces, emojis, or foreign languages), the URL must be converted into a valid ASCII format.
Unsafe characters are replaced with a \